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News / Dundee by Adam Hill April 25, 2018, 6:08 am FacebookTwitterLinkedInWhatsAppEmail Sign up to our Daily newsletter A teenage nursery worker who was sacked after being accused of swearing in front of children and dropping a child on a bus says the nursery had “made their minds up from the start”. Chloe Gorrie was employed as an early years practitioner at Little People Nursery in Baird Avenue. The 19-year-old was sacked by the nursery after it received a written complaint from a member of the public alleging four members of staff were using “profanities” while they were on a bus with kids and that a child was dropped “face first”. Ms Gorrie instructed solicitor Ryan Russell of Muir Myles and Laverty to take the firm to a tribunal for unfair dismissal – with a judge awarding her £10,440, saying there was “no evidence” to support the allegations and labelling the child care provider as … [Read more...] about Teen wrongfully sacked by Dundee nursery hopes tribunal win helps others in her situation

Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. agreed to sell more than 20 TV stations to Standard General LP, Meredith Corp. and others, aiming to soothe regulatory concerns surrounding its $3.9 billion takeover attempt of Tribune Media Co.The transactions are aimed at gaining regulatory approval for the Tribune deal and are expected to be completed when that purchase closes, Sinclair said on Tuesday. The company is seeking approval from the Federal Communications Commission as well as antitrust regulators.The merger has been delayed by the regulatory scrutiny. Sinclair had planned to complete the deal by the end of 2017, but now sees it closing by the second quarter of this year. The company has had to increase the level of divestitures in order to push the transaction through.Moelis & Co. served as Sinclair’s financial adviser on the TV station deals. They include the sale of WGN-TV in Chicago to WGN-TV LLC, KDAF in Dallas to Cunningham Broadcasting Corp. and KUNS in Seattle to Howard … [Read more...] about Sinclair Agrees to Sell 23 TV Stations as Part of Tribune Deal

News / Dundee by Adam Hill April 24, 2018, 6:10 am FacebookTwitterLinkedInWhatsAppEmail Sign up to our Daily newsletter A teenage nursery worker was awarded £10,000 after her employers wrongly accused her of swearing in front of children and dropping a child “face first” on a bus. Chloe Gorrie was employed as an early years practitioner at Little People Nursery in Baird Avenue, but the 19-year-old was sacked by the nursery after it received a written complaint from a member of the public following a day trip to Broughty Ferry beach on July 20 2017. The complaint alleged that four members of staff were using “profanities” while they were on the bus, returning to the nursery with a group of 12 three-year-old children – while the complainer also alleged a child was dropped “face first”. An employment judge said: “The complaint received should have been investigated further, given lack of detail in the complaint, … [Read more...] about Sacked teen ‘treated shockingly’ by Dundee nursery wins £10k at employment tribunal

The former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has walked out of an interview with a German broadcaster.Mr Ahern was speaking with Deutsche Welle (DW) in Dublin about the 20th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement.Host of the show 'Conflict Zone', Tim Sebastian, then pressed Mr Ahern over whether or not he thinks he cleared his name in relation to the Mahon Tribunal.In response, Mr Ahern said: "Yes, I did, I'm quite happy I cleared my name."Mr Sebastian then pointed out that "the tribunal never reversed its decision."Mr Ahern said: "No I mean, the tribunal gave its views, the tribunal gave its views."I gave my evidence and I was very happy with my evidence, and I was very happy with the situation that I gave and the tribunal is over and it's reported and that's it."Mr Sebastian continued to press Mr Ahern on the issue, saying: "You're someone who wants to come back maybe as president, these are issues that are in the public domain" - to which Mr Ahern replied: "That'll be for another day, … [Read more...] about Watch: Bertie Ahern cuts German interview short over Mahon Tribunal questions

Former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has walked out of a German TV interview with after being questioned about the Mahon Tribunal.The Tribunal was set up in 1997 to investigate allegations of corruption in the Irish planning system.When it reported in 2012 it found that Mr Ahern had failed to truthfully explain several financial transactions.The former Taoiseach, who was in office from 1997 to 2008, has always denied any wrongdoing and rejects the findings of the tribunal.In recent weeks he has been back in the public gaze after attending several events to mark the 20th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, which he helped to broker.His walkout came during an interview with German TV station Deutsche Welle (DW) in Dublin when he was questioned about the Mahon Tribunal during an interview set up to discuss the Good Friday Agreement.When asked about the issue, he told DW's Conflict Zone programme he was "quite happy" he had cleared his name."The tribunal gave its views and I gave my … [Read more...] about Bertie Ahern walks out of TV interview after Mahon Tribunal questions